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My Favorite Promo Emails – May 2018
When reviewing emails this month I found some common attributes and styles in my favorites. Instead of just going email by email I decided to group them so I could talk about the similarities in a bit more detail. Texting Gifs I wouldn't call texting trendy but I do...
My Favorite Promo Emails – April 2018
13,886 notifications. It is no secret my phone gives other people anxiety. I sign up for every email list I can so I can research email trends... and get deals on pizza. I decided to make use of this resource I've built a little differently and share my favorite...
Creating a Live Quiz Using Google Forms
Recently, I created a quiz in Google Forms, for a presentation at work, based loosely on the popular trivia app HQ (with the much-needed assistance of my coworker Bethany!). The idea was to test our coworkers before presentation breaks to see who remembered the slides...
Guerilla Marketing Vending Machines
Between my time volunteering for science fiction conventions and my time as a professional graphic designer, I think you would be surprised with just how many times the topic of promotional fake vending machines has come up. Ok, yes, I am always the one who has to...
I Will Never Know Everything About Illustrator
Have you ever had the experience where you are using something that you use all of the time and suddenly encounter a feature that you never noticed was there? Well, I just did. I use Adobe Illustrator every single day, at home and at work, and for the first time, I...
5 Online Tools for Design – Fonts and Text
There are so many tools out there to help designers streamline their work. It goes so far beyond the typical Adobe Suite that people imagine when they think graphic design. But before eyes glaze over for the non-designers, the tools I list below are not exclusively...
2018 – New Blog
New Year. New Blog? I wanted to organize my design work online and give people an opt-in on seeing what I am up to on that front. Would people be interested in process work and posts about what I have learned this last year casually selling my designs...